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Saturday, March 22, 2008

Every year I say that I am going to make a nice Spring like cake. Every year I end up doing a traditional recipe. This is a recipe for Polish Easter bread from askyourneighbor.com. Its called Martha's Mothers Babka Bread. Its an excellent recipe.

Scald milk with the butter. Proof yeast with a little sugar til foamy. Beat the eggs with the sugar and salt til thick and add the zest, vanilla and liquor. combine milk and yeast adding flour 1 c. at a time. Mix in the raisins and almonds. Knead dough, cover and let rise for 1 hour. Punch down the well risen dough and divide into 3 well greased babka pans. Let rise again til dough doubles (about 30 minutes). Egg wash the dough before putting into a preheated 350° oven for approximately 25-30 minutes or til golden brown. Remove from oven, cool completely and frost with the glaze.

Sept. '98

Note: I definitely had to raise it for a lot longer than it said. Use round 8 or 9 inch pans with high sides. If you use anything bigger make sure you tent it as the top will burn before the inside has a chance to finish baking.

2 comments:

I saw the rerun of her mom making that..it was a nice tribute since "Big Martha" has passed on. It looks pretty, how did it taste? I've been reading a lot lately about how Martha's recipes always seem to be missing something.

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